Addressing-machine.



S. G. COX.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1906.

1,104,967, Patented July 28, 1914.

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S. G. COX.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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UTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

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Application filed July 27, 1906. Serial No. 327,979.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SANDFORD C. COX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edison Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing- Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to addressing machines for printing the address upon newspapers, pamphlets and the like, and has more especial reference to the means for feeding the slugs which bear the name or address, or other matter to be printed, into the slug wheel or holder which holds and carries these slugs while the impression is being made, the invention also having reference to the means for ejecting the slugs, and to certain improvements in the slug-wheel itself. I

The invention has for its primary object to provide improved and simple means whereby the slug to be printed from will be positively conducted to its proper place or seat in the slug wheel.

A. further object of the invention is to provide improved and simple means for holding the slugs securely in place while being printed from, and to insure their prompt dislodgment after the printing op eration is completed.

With a view to the accomplishment of these ends, and the attainment of certain other objects which will hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty which will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawingsFigure l is a side elevation of the portion of an addressing machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2

is a similar view, looking at the opposite side thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a crank, hereinafter described. Fig. i is a detail perspective view of aclamp member or jaw, hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of an address mg machlne embodying this invention. Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation, partly in vertical section, of the discharge end of the sluggalley or race. Fig. 7 is a front or end elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a plan view thereof.- Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 9, 9, Fig. 5.- And' Fig; 10'

is a detailed perspective view of the movable jaw shaft audits operating lugs. i

The slugs to be printed from, which are shown at l in dotted lines, are stored in a race or galley 2, of any suitable length, and in the bottom of which galley runs a tape or belt 3, which serves to urge the slugs forward against astop 4; on an ejecting plunger 5 having an ejecting shoulder 6', which stands normally above the upper edge of the slug in such a manner as to engage the end slugand force the same downward onto a conveyer belt 7 Owing to the difference in length of various names and addresses, some of these slugs are singleline, while others are composed'of a plurality of lines, and in practice the plural-line slugs are made up of a number of single,- line slugs, cast separately and subsequently riveted together, the rivet being usually located about'mid-length of the slug-a feature which is notimportant with respect to thisportion of the apparatus, but which will need to be taken into consideration with reference to the I slug-wheel and ejecting means. Ordinarily, the maximum width of slug is equal to three single-line slugs, but whatever the maximum width of slug may be, it is adapted to rest wholly upon a plurality of slug-supporting fingers 8, 9, 10, three at each end of the slug contiguous to the side walls of the galley 2, as clearly shown in Figs. '7 and 8. As indicated in Fig. 8, these fingers are graduated in length, the inside fingers 10 being the longest, and the difference in length between any two contiguous fingers is equal to the width of'a single-slug or line. Each of the fingers is provided with a tail-piece or arm 11, and to these are secured'independent springs 12, which hold the fingers in a horizontalposition, level with the bottom of the galley or race. The stop-surface 4 of the plunger?) being situated in a vertical plane with the it will be seen that the end slug will be pushed to a position against this stop 4;, and over all of the fingers. If the slug be a singleline slug, it will r'estupon the longest fingers 10 alone, and, consequently when theplun- 105 ger 5 deseendsto eject the slug it will push down merely the end slug, leaving thenext slug supported upon the fingers 9. If it be a two-line slug, it win be supported upon the. fingers a, 10,- aione, and. consequently an 110 Patented July 28, 1914.

extreme outer ends of the longest fingers 10,

be likewise ejected by the plunger 5, leaving the next slug supported by the fingers 8.

And if it be a three-line slug, it will be supported on allof the fingers,and will beejected by the plunger 5, the next slug remaining in place upon the fixed part 2 of the race or galley which forms a stop for the up ward movement of the fingers, whose surfaces are recessed or shouldered so as to fit under the fixed bottom 2 and at the same time have their outer ends flush with the surface of such bottom. These slug-supporting fingers and" ejector, however, form 110 part of my present invention, as they constitute the subject-matter of the claims of a Patent No. 1,033,232 issued to me July 23, 1912.

As the slug leaves the supporting fingers it falls upon the conveyer tape or belt 7, as before mentioned, whose upper fold is arranged in an inclined position, and passes around pulleys 13, 14, 15, 16*, the pulley 13 being arranged between tail-pieces or arms of the slug-supporting fingers, and the pulley 14 being journaled in suitable arms or supports 15 and held between jaws or teeth 16 on type wheel or slug-carrier 17. These jaws or teeth 16, it will be seen, are fixed or rigid with the wheel, and are arranged in pairs, with the tape or belt 7 projecting in between the teeth of each pair, so that as the wheel 17 rotates, the teeth 16 will pass upwardly at the sides of the upper fold of the belt 7 and will lift the slug 1 therefrom as it rests thereon, all of the jaws 16 having their edges at one side formed on lines substantially radialto the wheel 17, so as to constitute squared firm seats for the slugs to rest on, the periphery of the wheel 17 being also formed with flat or squared surfaces 18 at the inner ends of the aws 16. After the slug finds lodgment upon the pair of fixed jaws o'r teeth 16, it is firmly clamped in position by a movable jaw or clamp, comprising two teeth 19, 20, and a body-portion 21 having a squared passage 22, or other suitable means for receiving a squared rocker shaft 23, which is journal'ed in the wheel17. The wheel is circumferentially reduced in diameter between the two rows of jaws or teeth 16, so as to make room for the pivotal jaws or teeth 19, 2'0, and their body-portions 21, as shown in Fig. 9, and allow the teeth 19, 20, to be withdrawn wholly within the arc described by the seats 18 for the slugs, and thus avoid the possibility of striking the slugs as they rest upon the belt 7 in readiness to be received on salidseats. The shaft 23 is provided at one end with a crank arm 24', which is rigidly secured thereto in any suitable way, and .providedwith a pin or crank 25 secured to one-end of-a spring 26, whose otherend is attached tothe wheel 17in such'a way that whenthe jaw 19, 20.

i's'openthespring will hold it open;and

when it is closed, with. its teeth pressing against the teeth 16 of its companion jaw, it will hold it closed. On the end of the shaft opposite the crank 24 are secured two lugs or pins 27, 28, by means of a plate 29, or other suitable agency, and these serve respectively for opening and closing the jaws. The jaws remain open until they pass the upper fold of the'belt 7 when moving in an upward direction at this point, the slug having then been properly lodged upon its seat 18,; and in fact the closing action is preferably deferred until the fixed aws reach a substantially upright position so that the slug will have full opportunity for settling squarely upon its seat, it being immaterial how long this closing action is de ferred, so long as the jaws are firmly closed before the slug reaches the impression device or stamper which presses the paper against the printing surface of the slug. Any appropriate means may be employed for producing this impression, a stamper for that purpose being indicated in dotted lines at 30. When the jaws are open the lugs or pins 27 are in line with a trip 31, which is in the form of a pin or rod projecting from a supporting arm 32, and so held as to be engaged by these pins or lugs 27. The arm 32 may be provided with a slot 33, whereby the position of the trip 31 may be accurately adjusted in a direction radial with respect to the slug-wheel, and in order that it may be adjusted in a direction concentrically with the slug-wheel, the arm 32 is mounted, by means of hub 34, upon shaft 35 of the slug-wheel or otherwise arranged concentrically therewith, and it is held in place by an arm 36, having a concentric slot 38, through which passes a set-screw 39, secured to a portion of the frame, or other fixed part of the machine. The lugs 28, when the jaws are closed, are in line with two opening trips 41, 42. The trip 41 is so situated as to open the jaws after the printing operation is performed, in order to permit the slug to fall into a receiving galley or chute 43, of any suitable construction, and the trip 42 is so positioned as to again open the jaws before they arrive at the con-V veyer belt 7, in the event that they should beclosed by hand, and allowed to remain in their closed position after they pass the first opening trip 41, it being sometimes the case that the attendant closes the jaw, when inspecting or repairing the machine, after it passes the first trip, and neglects to open it again. The trips 41,42, are likewise adjustable both radially and concentrically with respect to the slug-wheel, the trip 41 being held in aslot 44 in an arm 45, which carries alsoa-n arm 46 having a slot 47 in which the trip 42 is'mou'nted. with capability 'of radial adjustment, and the arm isfor-inedwithaco'ncentrie slot 47 through which a set-screw 48 passes into frame jaws, and below or within the seatslS, is an ejecting band 49, which has one end attached to any suitable fixture 50, while the other end is preferably secured to an anchored spring or elastic connection 51, which serves to keep the band 49 stretched tightly around the wheel in such a way that it will lie beneath the inner edges of the slugsas they rest upon their seats 18, and will serve to strip them from their seats whenthey arrive at a position over the receiving galley 48, in the event they should not drop out by gravity. This band 49 is preferably of considerable width, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to avoid cutting a groove in the slugs and rendering them liable to breakage adjacent the point where the rivet is driven through the plural-line slugs, as before mentioned, and

this band is situated between and straddled by the teeth 19, 20, of the movable jaws, and consequently it will be seen that these teeth impinge the slug contiguous to its ends, where it possesses the greatest strength and is securely supported at the back by the teeth 16 of the fixed jaws.

The various pulleys supporting the tapes 3 and 7 and the type'wheel and plunger 5 may be connected in any suitable way for causing them to move in harmony with each other to carry out the before-described functions. As a more example of such an operative connection, the shaft 35 of the slug wheel 17 is shown as provided with a wormwheel 52, which is engaged by a worm 53 on a drive-shaft 54, carrying a cam 55, of suitable form, engaging a pin 56 on a crank-arm 57 carried by a rocker-shaft 58, which operates the plunger 5 in one direction, while this plunger is operated in the return direction by a spring 59, or other suitable means. The shaft 35 carries a pulley 60, connected by a belt 61 to a pulley 62 on a shaft 63, which drives the tape pulley l3, and which may be connected to shaft 64: by pulleys 65, 66, and belt 67, for driving tape pulley 68 of the tape 3.

The pulleys 15 and 16 for supporting the belt or tape 7 may able means, such as arms 69, Wl'llCll are suspended from the shaft 63 and connected together by bar 70, these serving to carry the pulley 15; the pulley 16 being mounted in arms 71, pivoted at 72 to any suitable support 73, and held in place by a pin 74. To one of the arms 69 is secured a spring 75, which serves to pull the arms toward the pulley 16 and thereby tighten the belt 7.

I claim 1. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier be supported by any suithaving means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, and means fixed with relation to and movable from the supply-containing meansto'ward said carrier. for conducting the slugsinto said slug-holding means, said slug-holding means and said slug-conducting means projecting into overlapping planes;

2. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary'type or slug carrier having means for holding and carryingthe type or slugs while being printed from, and means fixed with relation to and movable from the supply-containing means toward said earrierfor conducting the slugs into said slug-holding means, said slug-holding means embodying spaced supports for the slugs, and said slug-conducting means'projecting'into the space between said supports.

3. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of sings, a rotary typeor slug carrier having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from,

containing means toward said carrier for conducting the slugs into said slug-holding means. I

4 In afmachine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, and an inclined conveyer belt moving from the supply-containing means toward said carrier for conducting the slugs into the slug-holding means.

5. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supplyof slugs, a rotary type or slug carrierhaving means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, and an endless conveyer belt traveling from said supply-containing means toward said carrier for conducting the slugs into said slug-holding means.

6. In a machine for the purpose described,

the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carri er having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from,

comprising spaced supports for the slugs,

and a conveyer for conducting the slugs from said supply-containing means to the said carrier, traveling into the space between said supports.

7. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holding and carry ing the type or slugs while being printed from, comprising a projecting support for the slu and a traveling conveyer extending from t e said supply-containing meansto the said carrier and projecting inwardly toward the center of the carrler beyond the plane of movement of the outer end of said support. 7 I t y S. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, comprising two spaced supports for each slug, and an endless conveyer having one portion extending into the space between aid supports and another portion arranged contiguous to said supply containing means, for conducting the slugs to said supports.

9. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, embodying spaced supports for the slugs having seats for the lower or inner edges 01' the slugs, a stripper-band partially surrounding said rotary carrier and situated inwardly with respectto said seats, in a circum'ferential line between said supports, and traveling means for receiving and conveying the slugs from the said supply-containing means into said seats.

10. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holdingand carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, embodying fixed and pivoted jaws, means for closing said pivoted jaws with respect to the fixed jaws as said carrier rotates, means for receiving slugs discharged from the carrier, means for opening the pivoted jaws prior to reaching said slug-receiving means, means for conducting the slugs to their position between said jaws, and means situated between said conducting means and the first said jaw-opening means,

for opening the jaws immediately prior to reaching the said conducting means.

11. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means'for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, a conveyer belt for conducting the slugs from the said supply-containing means to the said carrier, a pulley over which said belt runs, a second pulley embraced by said belt and movable bodily in a direction concentric with respectto said first pulley, elastic means for thus bodily moving said second pulley, and a fixed idler interposed between said pulleys, and against which said belt runs.

12. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holdingand carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, said supply-containing means embodying a plurality of pivoted support ing fingers arranged to engage the lower edges of the slugs near their ends, and a movable slug-conducting means situated between said fingers and extending therefrom tosaid carrier, for conducting the slugs into the grasp of said slug-holding means.

13. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for containing a supply of slugs, embodying pivoted slug-supporting fingers arranged at the sides thereof to engage the lower edges of the slugs near their ends, a rotary type or slug carrier having means for holding and carrying the type or slugs while being printed from, a traveling slug-conducting means extending from said fingers to said carrier, for conducting the slugs to said holding means, and an incline arranged between said fingers and extendin downwardly to said conducting means, :tor directing the slugs thereonto.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 24th day of July A. D. 1906.

SANDFORD O. COX.

Witnesses:

Gno. I-I. OHnsELnINE, E. H. SANFORD.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

